Semantic Search as Pattern Completion across a Concept

Publication date: Available online 7 January 2020Source: Trends in Cognitive SciencesAuthor(s): Sarah H. Solomon, Anna C. SchapiroWhat role does the hippocampus play in semantic memory? In a recent paper, Cutler et al. use a vector space model of semantics to characterize semantic search deficits in hippocampal amnesia. We relate their findings to properties of the hippocampal neural code and to controversies regarding hippocampal contributions to cognition.

Source: Trends in Cognitive Sciences - January 9, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research